Famine foods are plants which are consumed, with rare exceptions, exclusively in times of severe food shortage. This botanical-humanistic subject has had little academic exposure, until Minnis’ (2021) ...

France: root recommended as a famine food. Prepared as for Asphodelus albus (q.v.). India (Garhwal Himalayas): seeds eaten raw. (Punjab, Jalandhar district): seeds eaten. (Punjab [region not specified ...